Business Stories from August 25, 2014 (Change date)
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Sales of US new homes fall in JulyAug 25, 2014 12:21 pm - Fewer Americans bought new homes in July, evidence that the housing sector is struggling to gain traction more than five years into the economic recovery. The Commerce D...
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State investigating Chinese buffet restaurants for worker abusesAug 26, 2014 7:50 am - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office is working with the state's Department of Labor to investigate complaints of worker abuse at a number of buffet-style Chi...
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Sony network hit by attack, exec's flight divertedAug 25, 2014 2:26 pm - TOKYO - Sony's PlayStation Network service for video games was unusable from Sunday until Monday afternoon after being flooded by an online attack. Separately, an Americ...
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Guilty plea in California meat recall caseAug 25, 2014 12:31 pm - SAN FRANCISCO - A co-owner of a Northern California slaughterhouse accused of processing cows with cancer has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge. The San Francisco Chro...
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Boeing wins $8.8 billion aviation order on Asian demandAug 26, 2014 8:39 am - Boeing Co. won an order for 82 jets from BOC Aviation Pte valued at $8.8 billion in list prices as Asian aircraft leasing companies boost their fleet amid a surge in tr...
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Arlington Heights chamber office flooded, closedAug 26, 2014 8:39 am - The Arlington Heights Chamber of Commerce office is closed "until further notice, due to flooding," according to an email sent Monday morning. The office is at 311 S. Ar...
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Veterans nonprofit plans 30 Joliet apartmentsAug 25, 2014 8:05 am - JOLIET - An Illinois nonprofit group is converting four apartment buildings into veterans housing in Joliet. The Herald-News reports Veterans Housing and Employment Ass...
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Republicans redefine obstruction on nomineesAug 25, 2014 12:30 pm - A catch to the terrific Twitter-based compiler of all things related to judicial nominations, Mansfield2016, who has a new chart showing that even after the "nuclear opt...
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Two new Des Plaines businesses get public fundsAug 25, 2014 9:37 am - Des Plaines aldermen have approved giving two new downtown businesses $15,000 each to make interior renovations under the city's business assistance program. The council...
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Daily fantasy football creates big-dollar industryAug 26, 2014 7:33 pm - LAS VEGAS - When lawmakers carved out an exemption for fantasy sports in a 2006 law targeting online poker, no one predicted that it would spawn an online gambling opera...